innocuous

英 [ɪˈnɒkjuəs]

美 [ɪˈnɑːkjuəs]

adj.  无恶意的; 无意冒犯的; 无害的; 无危险的

GRE医学

Collins.1 / BNC.14051 / COCA.14079

牛津词典

adj.

• 无恶意的；无意冒犯的
  not intended to offend or upset anyone
  1. It seemed a perfectly innocuous remark.
     那像是一句毫无恶意的话。
• 无害的；无危险的
  not harmful or dangerous
  1. an innocuous substance
     无害物质

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 无害的;无冒犯之意的
  Something that isinnocuousis not at all harmful or offensive.
  1. Both mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly...
     这两种蘑菇看起来似乎都无害,实际上却是致命的。
  2. Even seemingly innocuous words are offensive in certain contexts.
     甚至看似毫无恶意的言辞在某些语境下都会引起冒犯。

英英释义

adj

• lacking intent or capacity to injure
  1. an innocent prank
  Synonym:innocent
• not injurious to physical or mental health
• not causing disapproval
  1. it was an innocuous remark
  2. confined himself to innocuous generalities
  3. unobjectionable behavior
  Synonym:unobjectionable

双语例句

• I made what I thought was a perfectly innocuous remark and he got most upset.
  我讲了一句原以为完全不会得罪人的话，没想到他听后却很不愉快。
• I don't understand how such an innocuous children's book could cause such an uproar.
  我不明白为何这本对儿童无害的书竟会引起如此的骚动。
• At its most innocuous, it's just an annoyance, spawning unwanted advertising.
  它最无害的一面是，它只是一种骚扰，制造不受欢迎的广告。
• Even innocuous substances can sometimes register a positive result in a drug test.
  即使无害的物质在药物测试中有时也会呈阳性。
• But this year the innocuous fruit has given rise to its very own food safety scandal.
  但今年，这种无辜的水果却陷入了自己的食品安全丑闻中。
• Depending on the nature of the pollutant, this transfer can be innocuous or stimulatory to the forest.
  根据污染物的性质，这种转移对森林可能是无害的，还可能有促进作用。
• It must not be supposed that the fall in prices thus analysed is innocuous.
  我们决不能假设这样分析出来的价格下降是无害的。
• Countdown to the beginning, I still just their innocuous.
  倒数计时开始，我依然只是他们的无关痛痒。
• It's innocuous to drink the raw water in japan.
  在日本喝生水是不要紧的。
• It sounds innocuous, but it is not.
  这听起来似乎无关痛痒，但事实并非如此。